San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Oct 1874, Evening
27 Oct 1874, Evening
28 Oct 1874, Evening
29 Oct 1874, Evening
30 Oct 1874, Evening
31 Oct 1874, Evening
31 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  Add Ryman;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo;  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham;  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
2)
Enchantress, The, "Let all obey"
Composer(s): Balfe
Participants:  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
3)
"Whispering in the twilight"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
4)
"Doleful ditty"
aka Doleful tale
Participants:  Charley Backus
5)
"Seeing Nelly home"
Composer(s): Gilmore
Text Author: Gilmore
Participants:  David S. Wambold
6)
"Sweet Genevieve"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
7)
"In the sunlight"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]
8)
Married life, [burlesque]
9)
Two orphans, The, [burlesque]
10)
Critic, The, [burlesque]
11)
Bruised and cured

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 November 1874, 254.

An almost entire change of program from the previous week.